Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-12-17

ing from cholera infected ports. sani- tary reports show the necessity of pre- ] cautions ID the cases of vessels coming from Southern Italy.
 | WAsHISGT0s, December l0-Judge Small of the Police Court to-day fined
 George W. Harvey, restaurant keeper one hundred dollars fer refusing to serve "A colored lawyer named Hewlett.
 DzsvIa, Dscsaber l0.-Esst, Cheney ct al. against the Travellers Insurance Go. of Hartford, Connecticut, which has been pending over two years and in- volved property of more than a million dollars, was decided to day ID favor of plsintiH.
 NoaALEs, Aris, December l0-A band of disappointed Ysquis have committed many robberies hear La BocanIts, So- nora. Cattle have been run of by them every day of late and the sugar cane fields devastated In the night
 Earthquakes still continue in south ern Mexico. Several shocks have been felt here of late.
 SAN LOUIS OBIsPo, December TO- The wreckIng of the south bound train on the South Pacific railroad was mar rovly prevented tonight by the forth nate discovery by Section Foreman Quiglsy, of obstruetions placed on the track near what is known as the big cat. The plot to wreck the train was detected just in time to prevent an accident There is DO clue to ihe perpetrators.
 WnkEsBARRx, December I0.-Four miners were instantly killed, and siI seriously injured by the fall of 6 cage ID which they were descending at Wsddels shaft today.
 WILMINGTON, December 60.-The fish cries commission has adjourned until January 4th.
 WASHINGTON, December l2-The President to-day sent to ihe senate a large number of nominations; they were nearly all appointments made during recess, and in most cases the nominees are already ia office.
 PARIS, December 12-Ficrsod yield ing to President Carrots appeals, has consented to make another attempt to organise 6 minority.
 NEW YORK. December 12-The Demp- sey-Regan prize fight for the middle weight championship, sgsin izzled this morning, owing io the dense fog prevail ing.
 CINCINNATI, Dec. 12 - The closing scenes in the Harper trial this morning were most impressive. The clerk read the verdict Ot the jury finding the de- fsndsnt guilty ss charged, and Judge Sage ordered him to stand up for sen- tenoe- Harper arose with tears coursing down bis cheeks, behind him with bowed head sat is wife msnIfssting the intense agony she felt by vringIng her hsnds. When the court imposed the full penalty sf the law. ten years In the penitentisry, and ordered the marshal 10 conduct the person there at once, Hsrper and bis wife threw their arms around each oth- CTS neeks and vept bitterly. The jurors also wept and women and men all over the court room were ia tears.
 WAsHISGros, December 12-Among the petitions presented and referred was one for congress io pass uniform msr- risse and divorce laws. Among bills introduced were ths following: To di- vide a portion ot the Sioux reservation in Dakota; admission of the territory as a state, repesiing pre-emption and tim Der laws, free coinage silver. and to reg uIste immigration.
 OTTAWA, Ont, December I2-The tel egrHm received by the government from Foster, Dominion Minister of Fisheries, stating he he Is en route from Washing Son Co Otisws, and the fact that the Com mission has adjourned until January f, is understood here tO mean seTIous hitch hss occurred in the proceedings of the Commission, and it is thought the adjournment hos been arrived at in or der thsi the Canadian government may have time to consider Mir. Baysrd's pro- Hosals. 10 is not known whether Sir CAss. rupper snd MT. Thompson will return forthwith, but it is fully expect cd that they vih.
 sAE FRAsCn co. Dec. 12-The trial of Clara Belle McDonald, on the charge of forgery, was sksin postponed for one week in the Superior Court this morning.
 WASHINGTON. Deesnber 12 -House- A number of executive oommunicstions principally relating to private land claims in New Mexico, were laid before tOc nOueo Dg tue OpcaAch bnu ePPlO pristely referred Springer of Illinois, presented the petition of Owen G. Chase who claims to be elected delegate from the Territory ot Cimsrron, the country known as public land In the petition Chase details the efforts of the people of that territory, 10000 in number, who were without the protection of local or general laws, to form a council and ter ritorisl laws, and the success which has attended them. After considerable dis cus5ion the petition was laid upon the table.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12.-The jury in the case of Jas. McCord reported yes teTdsy that 1t was impossible to agree, and were discharged. They stood seven for conviction and five for soquittsl.
 WAsHISGroS, Dec. 12.-After ihe sd- iournmeut of the House csucuses of both parties were called for the purpose of selecting membership of the committe of elections. The Republicans selected the following, who are all in Congress-: Powell of Illinois, Howell of Tennessee, Y. Cooper of Ohio, Lyman of Iowa, Johnson of Indians, and Lodge of Mas sechusetts.